People you should know-Boy Genius

Wow, what a picture......looks like Shaolin Soccer. Moves like this make it easy to forget that 3 year pro Takayuki Morimoto is only 18 years old. Morimoto made his debut in 2004 at the ripe age of 15 against Jubilo Iwata. 2 days before his 16th birthday, he netted his first score against JEF Ichiba making him the youngest player to both debut in the J League and score a goal in an official match. Jeremy Walker likened him to a young Ronaldo. This year has been sort of a struggle for Kid Verdy as graduation from high school and injuries have caused his season to be fitful and erratic.

Always rumored to be moving on to Europe, the past month has seen a feverish pitch by newly promoted Serie A side Catania. According to reports, Morimoto will try to follow in the footsteps of the King and Hide Nakata and try to take Italy by storm.